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jackpot jim wrote:With Climate change and global warming, this could bcum a common occurence. Now twice in 3 weeks for Gawler.

spell_check wrote:Three 20-22/1/1889 - 40.8; 40.6; 40.9
Three 28-30/12/1897 - 42.3; 42.6; 41.0
Three 28-30/12/1898 - 40.6; 41.9; 41.9
Four 10-13/2/1899 - 40.3; 43.1; 43.1; 41.9
Three 31-2/1/1900 - 41.8; 43.1; 42.1
Four 10-13/1/1905 - 41.3; 42.2; 42.0; 41.0
Four 3-6/1/1906 - 40.7; 43.9; 43.4; 42.6
Four 4-7/1/1908 - 40.8; 41.0; 41.6; 41.1
Six 14-19/1/1908 - 40.7; 43.1; 41.8; 43.4; 42.8; 43.4
Four 31-3/2/1912 - 41.8; 43.4; 43.3; 42.2
Three 17-19/2/1914 - 40.4; 42.7; 40.6
Four 8-11/3/1940 - 40.4; 41.6; 41.1; 40.9
Three 2-4/3/1942 - 41.2; 41.8; 40.5
Three 27-29/1/1943 - 42.0; 41.1; 40.9
Four 19-22/1/2006 - 40.2; 41.8; 43.1; 40.8
Three 29-31/12/2007 - 40.1; 41.5; 42.2

A few things:
-the records start from 22nd of January 1887
-the exact same method of measuring temperature has been used since then
-note the dates - 11 before 1915 and none between 1944 and 2005

The average temperature above 40 for three days or more have been:
Four 9-12/1/1889
Three 20-22/1/1889
Three 24-26/11/1894
Five 26-30/12/1897
Five 31-4/2/1898
Five 27-31/12/1898
Seven 7-13/2/1899
Five 30-3/1/1900
Three 26-28/1/1900
Four 28-31/12/1904
Five 9-13/1/1905
Six 2-7/1/1906
Four 4-7/2/1906
Three 7-9/12/1906
Six 2-7/1/1908
Nine 12-20/1/1908
Five 31-4/2/1912
Three 17-19/2/1914
Four 21-24/12/1920
Three 28-30/11/1922
Six 9-14/1/1927
Three 7-9/1/1930
Four 28-31/12/1931
Seven 7-13/3/1934
Ten 5-14/1/1939
Three 11-13/2/1939
Seven 7-13/3/1940
Three 24-26/12/1941
Four 1-4/3/1942
Seven 26-1/2/1943
Four 16-19/1/1959
Three 29-31/1/1968
Three 18-20/2/1980
Three 8-12/12/1980
Four 13-16/2/1981
Eight 17-24/1/1982
Three 5-7/2/1983
Three 1-3/1/1991
Four 31-3/2/1993
Three 4-6/1/1999
Three 2-4/2/2000
Four 13-16/2/2004
Four 19-22/1/2006
Five 28-1/1/2008
Three 8-10/3/2008

The same frequency as the above table shows up here - most before 1915; a few during WW2; and then some since 1991.